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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2020
Applicant:

The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael Sheppard, Holland, MI (US);

Ludo Daemen, Duffel, BE;

Jonathan Sullivan, Hurricane, UT (US);

Michael D. Morgan, Bartlett, IL (US);

Edward Murphy, North Stonington, CT (US);

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/258 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate population reach for different unions based on marginal ratings. An example method includes performing first parallel computations to determine first multipliers corresponding to a total number of panelists exposed to media at (a) a first margin of time, (b) a second margin of time, and (c) a union corresponding to the first and second margins of time, keeping a subset of the first multipliers corresponding to unknown census data; performing second parallel computation to determine second multipliers corresponding to a total audience exposed to the media at the first margin of time and the second margin of time, the second parallel computations to be performed by solving second equations corresponding to a tree association; and determining an estimate for a population reach of the union based on the second multipliers.


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